Day 7: September 7
What did I read?: ハイ☆スピード!
How much did I read?: 4 pages
How long did it take me?: 1 hour 5 min
Man, I’m tiredddd as heck today. Still managed to read 4 pages, and fairly fast? 
But not a ton of energy left for writing this post 
I need to stop updating so late tbh, I probably should have gone to bed like an hour ago
Today’s pages were a little bit depressing - it’s a cold, windy winter day in the novel and man did it feel that way. A feeling that was further accentuated by Haru’s memory of the freaking funeral procession… Gotta say, the author does know how to create a mood. Poor sweet baby Makoto “hiding in Haru’s shadow” while they watch the funeral procession just broke my heart a little bit…like I just want to comfort him 
And then after we get done remembering that, we have a brief and awkward interaction with Aki in which Haru basically overthinks everything he says and does, and concludes that’s he’s saying and doing literally everything “wrong.” Which honestly, what a relatable mood <3
Good words from today (this novel is so full of good words that I want to remember, I love it):
- うつむく - to hang one’s head; to look down; to cast one’s eyes downward
- 知らず知らず (しらずしらず) - unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
- 嗚咽 (おえつ) - sobbing; weeping; fit of crying (and honestly, what a distressed-looking word, like the kanji just look like sobbing)
- 蠢く (うごめく) - to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm (this was written in kana, but I had to include this kanji, I mean look at it. It’s got bugs in it. I really love when kanji look like their meanings, can you tell)
- ぶっきら棒 (ぶっきらぼう) -
Haruka Nanasecurt; blunt; brusque - 思い当たる (おもいあたる) - to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem
Me at me: stop editing this post and go to bed